Rich Emanuele (right) and his son Michael of Mr. Green Tea Ice Cream Co. The company, along with Porta restaurant, will host The Waves for Water Sandy benefit on Jan. 22 at Porta.

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Chris Jordan
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The Waves for Water Sandy benefit, hosted by Mr. Green Tea Ice Cream Co. of Keyport and Porta restaurant of Asbury Park at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 22 at Porta, is not a spur of the moment thing.

In fact, Michael Emanuele of Mr. Green Tea and his crew have been planning it since the echoes of Sandy were still ringing in early November.

"This event was conceived in November - three, four, a few days after the storm," Emanuele said. "We were picking up pieces and we had some wind damage, but we were waiting it out. We had to get power so we could begin manufacturing, and it was just us sitting around with cell phones and ...